Yup, I'm in Austin right now sitting in the hotel room. I'm getting a 2nd 4D battery and a xantrex, solar prewire and a few other things. Like many others I can't say enough good stuff about Paul and SMB Texas.
I knew SMB took care of people buying new, but I didn't know they'd bend over backwards for someone just coming by to get some mods made. For starters I pulled up with a nail in my trailer tire and they puncture repaired it before Paul and I had finished getting introduced.
It's just so shocking to fine true customer first service in this day and age.
As far as the filter, take your filter out and find some good thick mud, mix some oil in til it's nice and dark and then sop your air filter around in it til you've got a nice solid layer of gunk, and you've got my air filter.
New turbo an oil change and some new rear brake pads and I was on my way again. After moving my sister in law into our unsold house in Indiana that is. There are some pics at
picasaweb.google.com/metricpiano if anyone wants to see how many sweaters you can fit in an EB50...
I've been getting 11.68 MPG with the nearly empty trailer and mostly highway travel.